diff -r 2c6d8739141a -r 407f6ed6715d src/protocols/oscar/chat.c
--- a/src/protocols/oscar/chat.c	Tue Feb 17 18:45:25 2004 +0000
+++ b/src/protocols/oscar/chat.c	Tue Feb 17 19:02:45 2004 +0000
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
 	fu16_t channel;
 	aim_tlvlist_t *otl;
 	char *msg = NULL;
-	int len;
+	int len = 0;
 	char *encoding = NULL, *language = NULL;
 	aim_msgcookie_t *ck;